I figured the thing takes up floor space whether or not its 4-5 inches taller or shorter.

I was going to buy a 90 dollar case that looked like pretty decent... but then... Salesman Vlad showed me this sucker.

wow. It looks really nice. Comes in white accents too for 10 dollars more. I didnt get it because the white parts were on the side and nothing on front to jazz it up.

The build quality of the case is perfect. completely smooth and coated interior. Enormous spaces to work in. Very sturdy. But also, NOT heavy. Not at all. It has flexible medium thick panel doors on each side. After having an acrylic case, I know now that if the plastic is thick enough, it does not transmit sound. (in fact it deadens sound, shhh).

so, anyways, i have it all stock right now with a seasonic fanless 460 watt in the bottom. I am going to be removing the red LED fans in it (boo! they look actually great haha) and putting in some SPCR level of fans. I also have to put this machined fancy metal Zalman bay fan controller.

It has a magnetic removable top cover on it. it seals the top shut or opens up to a full size vent. There are VERY few quality cases that are balanced and also dont have super amount of holes AND look this good.

If anyone wants some style for 160 dollars that has good dust filters, very strong and elegant interior that is simple to silence. I think anyone on this forums after a while can figure out how to make a 20 something decibel box out of this. I recommend looking at it up close. I would have never bought it online. The swing away cabinet plastic doors would have made me think non-silence, but no, it is easy to silence.

i have a 1090T AMD chip, 5770 ATI card, (going to get a 750 GTI card soon). 1 tb hd that will eventually be 2x 512Gbyte ssd's when i scoop up the cash.

now quest is for 3 medium power 140mm, 2 front one back, that are spcr types.

I read it once. Was a bit confused. I want a fan that can be low volume at idle (not silent necessarily, close is fine) but when i want it, I can crank it up for stronger cooling. Sometimes gaming gets rough.

I read it once. Was a bit confused. I want a fan that can be low volume at idle (not silent necessarily, close is fine) but when i want it, I can crank it up for stronger cooling. Sometimes gaming gets rough.

cant figure which one would fit that bill from this article

At first glance, I guess you don't need neither 140mm fans, nor fast spinning ones, with a GTX 750Ti (even with a 1090T CPU), so the Antec TrueQuiet seems perfectly adequate.

After 900rpms in my experience under my own conditions the fans become noticeble, not noisy or loud, but i dont like it... its up to you and your needs, i do feel the Antec True Quiet 140 offer a good range of operation specially for people looking for quiet good tone fan, for me 850rpms is enough on a 140. But the ones that Quest suggested are what i would consider if i were to need higher rpms, according to SPCR the Antec Two Cool 140 was one of the best in terms of performance, and its cheap as well. I run mostly noctuas 140s because of its PWM fan range of control, they drop extremly low and are stable there or can be ramp up, but tonally i prefer the true quiet 140.

More probably that not around 350rpm (providing the header is capable to drive that low), but I hope Abula will be able to tell you more about.

~El~Jefe~ wrote:

that's a Voltage Controlled one right?

Yes, it is.

~El~Jefe~ wrote:

So I have to decide between these freaks and that one.

They all are fine choices for your Corsair, so that you may pick the one you like more with no regrets (with a little "beware": IIRC SPCR tested the two different Phanteks F140 fans, the TS and HP variants, and they were both excellent: I guess that F140 SP you're linking is about on par with those, but I'm not certain of).

is there any disadvantage electrically of using a Y-splitter it comes with to control 2x 140's at same time?

It mostly depends of the amperage rating of the header: on a classical motherboard header, personally I wouldn't past about 0.40A overall current draw.

A PWM splitter, on the other hand, won't suffer of similar limitarions (usually it has a separate molex to feed the fans), so you may well end up picking all PWM fans and driving them by the CPU fan header (through that splitter).

I can't wait to get a GTX 750ti. been reading about how strong it is in games. I hear it uses less wattage than my 5770.

This case has audible hard drive seeks. My acrylic case did not. even with the rubber screwless trays, it does this. Fortunately, windows 7 and 8 gigs memory hardly utilizes it. I didnt know until last night when the house was silent and windows closed that the seeks were being amplified. Not super loud but audible.

I have a blu-ray reader and a high end Plextor dvd/cd burner. So the zalman fan controller is going in 3 slot.

I know most people have a single solution drive. I do not. Even if i got a combo blu-ray player for cheap, I would still want to use the Plextor 760A for burning things. It makes burns so well and cost like 150 dollars or so, cant give it up.

a super low fan or using 2 fronts which go over the hd is not a bad idea. My hd temps are ultra low. Longevity of my gear and data is paramount to all things. In the past I have placed a ultra low rpm 80mm fan on the hd facing it flat on

I havent even switched to SSD. There are so many questions about how to make a ssd live longer.

If a HD dies, you can pay someone to pull most of the data off. SSD dies, i think its toast.

I want to put a 512gb samsung 840 PRO in this sucker, but i dont even trust that. and that is supposed to be long life.

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